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The internal oscillator on the VXR7000 never turns off, it is always on when in repeat mode. This helps reduce keyup/warm up time. Get a few hundred feet away and see if you are still experiencing the same "issue". Your HT will always pickup the internal oscillator if you are in close proximity to the unit.

The guy is a recent licensee so the historical background is not relevant. The guy should pay attention to what Rich suggested and review what he entered. If he entered the same thing he used in his Guest name it’s a mistake. Sometimes the difference between a lowercase L and the first ordinal number isn’t always obvious (especially for us old farts that learned on manual typewriters where a single character represented both).

Some one has a murs simplex repeater set up on that channel. It wont be listed anywhere.

This step always tells the real story. I have seen some mobile installations that have had 20+ feet of 16 or even 18 gauge wire with crimped extensions and crimped eye-loops at the battery. On the radio side, they experienced a 1.5v to 2v drop when in standby and 3.5v to 4v drop on the radio side when they key up.

Measuring at the radio, does the voltage stay at 14.1 when you key up on high power? I think your next step would be to call customer support.

Perhaps the terms of a grandfathered license allow multiple people to operate under a business’s license, but that’s no longer possible for new licenses. Nor is there an exception for community emergency volunteer groups. Unless it’s covered as part of a grandfathered license it’s just not allowed.

No worries, I wasn’t bothered. My thanks was sincere. I may have been wrong about the antenna. I would have just given you a “like” but I guess I was heavy handed with those today and mygmrs has said my cup is empty ?

The Nagoya UT72 is duel band, not sure what antenna your rubber stock is but if it's tuned to GMRS specifically it would likely be better. Also and others here may elaborate more on this but my understanding is more isn't always better. If you drove as you say to the repeater and are putting out 40 watts I think you may be over shooting it. Don't use a 3 wood when a putter is what you need so to speak. I don't have any experience with the amp so this is just my thinking.

Right. I have those and understand how they work. I just didn't understand the simplex repeater. i assume the FCC isn't going to waste it's resources over a simplex repeater that seems to be in a... i'd say 2 mile range.

Not knowing how new you are to radios, let me explain the concept of a radio repeater. It is a combination device that includes both a receiver and a transmitter with appropriate electronics to usually share one antenna. It is generally used to increase the available range for many people in a specific geographical area. For example, a private school in Los Angeles has installed a repeater so that its various employees (custodians, teaches, guidance, etc.) can communicate easily with each other using inexpensive handheld radios, known as "walkie-talkies" historically but usually called HTs for hand-heads these days. The HT transmits on one frequency and receives on another, so that whether they are transmitting or receiving they are linked together by the repeater; and can be heard in "real-time." Hence each transmission requires two separate frequencies: one to transmit and the other to receive. In your case, you are hearing what is known as a "simplex repeater." By receiving the transmission, recording it and then retransmitting the content, it is only required to use one frequency, but of course conversations take at least twice as long.

Thanks for the effort. I'm sending it back to the seller for testing/replacement.

Right next to their profile picture is a link to Message them. I'll send you a message saying the same thing. Steve

Not in your specific example, no. There should be no correlation. While ducting occurs adjacent to the surface, your communications is localized and likely had/have stations that are too close to each other and too low of an elevation to really be impacted.

The two things I would check for are High SWR or Insufficient power supply. Some radios have protection built in that will temporarily shut down rather than transmitting into a high SWR. But it may simply be that your power supply simply cannot provide the power your radio needs when it’s transmitting at high power, resulting in the voltage sagging and the radio resetting itself.

Click on the owner's ID and send them a private message

I'm not too worried about that. I've picked up a different Kenwood radio for the ham bands that can be "opened up" but it will be some time before I have time to get it installed in the car. Have to run power for it, the Wouxun has a smaller draw and can be run from the lighter plug.

I own several KG-1000Gs and love them. But I’ve never used a cable to program it. (Although I have for other radios.) Out was pretty easy to do it manually so I never bothered doing it the other way If it doesn’t work through the programming software, try importing the information through the face or mic. It is pretty easy to do and might give you an alternative to set the repeater information correctly. Just a thought in case you can’t get the connection to your computer program to work.

Straight from the horses-ass...Erhh.. MOUTH.. #3 - The GMRS-9R (mine at least) does not come with a programming cable -So... problem solved! #5 - The software for the GMRS-9R is in .RAR (not really a big deal).. I just use CHIRP - problem solved! #6 - The # button only changes power level when in VFO mode.. You get the "screw-you" tone in channel mode #8 - Fixed! Both the Abbree flexible antenna (with a huge base) and the Nagoya 771 fit

@KG5UV , I agree with Sshannon. Amateur Radio and GMRS are separate services. Each service requires its own license. While clubs can be issued callsigns by the FCC in the amateur service, new GMRS license can only be issued to an individual. There is nothing to say that the club cannot purchase and put up the repeater, but it would need to be operated under the authority of one individual’s licensee. That could be the club’s trustee or another board member; perhaps another member that has full access to the repeater site. If at any point the GMRS licensee dies or decides they no longer want the liability, another person would need to step up, volunteer their callsign, and assume the liability. Callsigns are not transferrable. BTW, LCARA has a series of YouTube videos regarding putting up a GMRS repeater at their club tower site. Perhaps you could reach out to them to see how they have decided to handle it. Michael WRHS965 KE8PLM

I located another climber that's going to do the work but we can't do anything as we are about to get a blizzard up here and even worse terrible cold weather. We'll update as we can. Thanks, ROB